If a Tree Falls in the Forest, and No One Is Around to Hear It, Does Climate Change? (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

If a Tree Falls in the Forest, and No One Is Around to Hear It, Does Climate Change? (1 of 2)

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Forests cover nearly a third of the Earth's landmass. Falling into three categories -- tropical, temperate and boreal -- the forest types each have differing influences on local, regional and global climate.

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Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation

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